Children from the only families theyve known, others with pointless red tape. 50 pages. Bad rules. Thats our show tonight. [applause]. John this is what built america, the declaration of independence and the constitution. Its thin, yet these rules which put limits on government, created the most prosperous and successful country in the history of the world, but after the founders gave us this, someone said we need more rules. And now we did need some, this wasnt perfect. This allowed for slavery. Founders never thought about pollution control, so good some rules were added and changed. But 164,000 of them . Thats how many had accumulated by the time president obama took office. So the president said this e sector is the life blood of our economy. I think there are outdated regulations that need to be changed. There is red tape that needs to be touched. [applause] there you go. Yeah. John yes, its true, and Everybody Loves that, but then, what did the president actually do . He cut a co
Children from the only families theyve known, others with pointless red tape. 50 pages. Bad rules. Thats our show tonight. [applause]. John this is what built america, the declaration of independence and the constitution. Its thin, yet these rules which put limits on government, created the most prosperous and successful country in the history of the world, but after the founders gave us this, someone said we need more rules. And now we did need some, this wasnt perfect. This allowed for slavery. Founders never thought about pollution control, so good some rules were added and changed. But 164,000 of them . Thats how many had accumulated by the time president obama took office. So the president said this e sector is the life blood of our economy. I think there are outdated regulations that need to be changed. There is red tape that needs to be touched. [applause] there you go. Yeah. John yes, its true, and Everybody Loves that, but then, what did the president actually do . He cut a co
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is the week federal lawmakers return home from d. C. For their recess and traditionally for town hall meetings. Several of those have been disrupted as protesters have shown up. One strategy that ralph nader has called, breaking through power. Easier than a lot of us think. He has a all right lot of thoug resisting the administration. And first of all, in los angeles, in green los angeles, the rain has made it look greener out here, good to have you on the program, man. Thank you. Let me start with you, i follow you in all of your writings and in all your work and you have taken to calling donald trump the forprofit president , tell me why . Well, first of all, he cant separate his business duties within his presidency, his presidency, to enrich himself, the dues at maralago 200, among other things. But that is a side show compared to what is really going on, while the media is distracted with trumps bragga
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is the week federal lawmakers return home from d. C. For their recess and traditionally for town hall meetings. Several of those have been disrupted as protesters have shown up. One strategy that ralph nader has called, breaking through power. Easier than a lot of us think. He has a all right lot of thoug resisting the administration. And first of all, in los angeles, in green los angeles, the rain has made it look greener out here, good to have you on the program, man. Thank you. Let me start with you, i follow you in all of your writings and in all your work and you have taken to calling donald trump the forprofit president , tell me why . Well, first of all, he cant separate his business duties within his presidency, his presidency, to enrich himself, the dues at maralago 200, among other things. But that is a side show compared to what is really going on, while the media is distracted with trumps bragga
This fall if you look back, but i was particularly delighted to thismark here as part of fall series. We go way back to the early days of my time here at the Wilson Center running the colton history project. Mark has moved on to bigger and Better Things and he will be talking about this today. Hes the professor of history at the university of chicago along reimagined american human rights in the 20th century , the book he will be talking about today. His books include familiar made strange american icons and ,rtifacts published last year vietnam and war, 2009, and the making of postcolonial vietnam published in 2000. President ofast the American Society of foreign relations. With that, mark, it is great to have you here. Mr. Bradley it is nice to see very familiar faces. It has been a very long time, and its nice to see you. Eric, i was your ta a really, really long time ago. He was a great professor. Its also a real pleasure to see warren colin, who in many ways i feel like gave me th